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Fandom High Welcome Picnic, Front Lawn of the School, All Day: Part III

The food? Still there. The school? Still standing. Students? Still mingling.

Ahhhh. What fun this weekend was for us all. WHAT FUN. And this time it was actually the good weather for shirt removing!

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"I have not," Raven admitted. She'd been too busy moping all day yesterday. "I kept thinking he only left to do something on the mainland before he truly left Fandom, and I waited for him to come back yesterday. But he never did."

And she wasn't exactly sure how to get in touch with him quickly since he was technically in the past now. She could teleport, but without warning that could be awkward.

Psssht. Like Karla was worried about awkward! She would suggest dropping in anyway and if Jono didn't like it, maybe he should learn how to say goodbye to people.

"We can figure it out," Karla promised warmly. "I'm sure he's fine, but something major came up and he was needed. He sounded like he was planning on taking his responsibilities seriously when he went back to Massachusetts, I bet this is somehow related."

"You are right," Raven said, trying to convince herself. "It must have been something like that. And he will send word to me soon that he is all right."

Or she was going to sic Ariel on him, too. And Sookie. And Anakin.

Karla would take all of the chewy beers and dump them on the ground in front of him. Then eat bacon and not link.

"Let's not worry for now," Karla soothed. "Tomorrow or Monday, we'll catch up with him and make sure all is well."

And then probably kick him.

"So, do you have a little sib this term?" she asked, nudging the topic along in an attempt to distract Raven. "I'm probably going to drown my in the pool."

HE DESERVED IT.

"I do," Raven said, seizing the subject change gratefully. "I wanted to speak to you of her, in fact. She said she has met you already, and she is from your world. Her name is Surreal, but she did not know of Kaeleer. She thought it was a child's story. But her name is the same as Saetan's, so I do not understand."

"I guess most people in Terreille--what?!?" Karla hadn't gotten her last name out of Surreal. "What do you mean, her name is the same as Uncle Saetan's?"

"Surreal SaDiablo," Raven said, concerned by the reaction. "That is what the notice the office sent me about my little sibling said. Are they related?"

"No!"

By that, Karla meant, she didn't think so, but couldn't say for certain.

"How can they be?! I mean...I mean..."

Okay, so she didn't have any good reasons why they couldn't be. But it was true, dammit!

"Perhaps you should ask your uncle if he is familiar with her?" Raven said. "When she did not know of Kaeleer, I thought it best to speak to her no more of your home. I did not want to say the wrong thing."

And, oh, screw up anyone's timeline.

Wooooord. Karla was finally going to understand the Skywalkers' continued apprehension about who each new crop of newbies might bring.

"After the war, Kaeleer closed its borders to Terreille," Karla murmured absently. "After fifty-thousand years, most Terreillians think the Shadow Realm is a myth. But, yes. I'm going to have to write home and ask Uncle Saetan about her."

She wasn't Lucivar's get, she knew that. Perhaps some descendant of Mephis's?

"You do not think she is a danger to you, do you?" Raven said. Karla's world confused her sometimes, and she wasn't entirely certain who was to be trusted.

Karla didn't answer immediately, thinking instead about the violent way that Surreal had reacted when she'd pointed to her Jewel. "I...don't know," she admitted. "I outrank her, Jewel-wise, but..."

But she'd seen how fast Surreal was with a knife. And there was no arguing that Terreille was dangerous.

"I think she could be dangerous," she said finally. "Maybe not specifically to me? But just because an Arcerian cat doesn't mean me any personal ill-will doesn't mean I want to be in his hunting range when he's hungry."

"She may be assigned as my little sister, but you are my true family," Raven said. "If she ever were to intend you harm, I would not let her get away with it."

She'd be meeting a demon up close and personal. But Raven hoped it would never come to that, and that Surreal would be harmless.

Karla had to smile about that and give Raven another hug. "She's from Terrielle, which means we have no idea what to expect, really. She doesn't seem particularly fond of me right now, but I'm hoping that just manifests as avoidance," she admitted. "I'd tell you to be kind to her until she gives us reason to be otherwise, but it's not like I really need to."

Raven was the kind one. Karla was...the other one.

"And I will not speak of Kaeleer or your uncle or anything about your home," Raven promised. "Not until you speak to him and see if you can learn anything about her."

Her being from Terrielle made Raven feel uneasy, since her only experience with that place had been Briarwood.

Karla couldn't agree more. She had learned a few more things about Terreille beyond Briarwood, but not many. And none of them were much more comforting.

"I'm going home this weekend..." Karla murmured. "I'll ask him then." Which, now that she was thinking about it...

"Are you doing anything Saturday?"

"I do not have any plans as of yet," Raven said. "Would you like me to accompany you?"

She could probably use a trip to get her mind off her bailing boyfriend.

Karla laughed a little at that. "I would, but not for reasons you think. Dinah and I have decided to play 'Break the Boyfriend' and so Saturday we're going to the beach. At the Fyreborn Islands."

Because Kyle needed to play with dragons, obviously. "Warren will be coming, too. I meant to invite you earlier, but..."

Graduation. Triela. Hawaii. Take your pic of distractions.

"If it is going to be couples, perhaps I should not intrude," Raven said. She didn't want to be a third -- or fifth -- wheel.

"Well, Lucivar and Jaenelle will be there, too," Karla offered. "And it's not like it's going to be some kind of romantic getaway."

That's what Hawaii was for.

"It's just kind of a mini-vacation, partially to celebrate the semester being over for Dinah and Kyle. And partially because, well, we really need one."

"I would be happy to join you, then," Raven said. "Thank you for inviting me."

Hopefully she wouldn't be the Mistress of Moping on the trip.

...With everything that would happen in the next week, Raven probably would. She also probably wouldn't be the only one.

"Of course, darling," Karla said, reaching down to give Raven's hand a squeeze. "I would have missed you if you didn't come."

"Are the Fyreborn Islands a safe place?" Raven had to ask. She'd seen many of Kaeleer's dangers and just wanted to be prepared. She could keep an eye on everyone and teleport them away if any danger presented itself.

"It is," Karla assured her. "It's the dragons' Territory, which means it's closed to almost everyone."

Jaenelle being the obvious exception.

"So, as long as we don't do something horrifically stupid, we should all be fine."

Funny how it wasn't the dragons that Karla considered to be a danger.

"I trust you will explain to us any rules that we must follow while there," Raven said. She didn't want to inadvertently do something stupid out of ignorance.

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